S2788 - Patterned Earthenware
Star
Plate/ dish rim sherd: earthenware; indented rim. Pale blue and white transfer printed "Asiatic Pheasant” design.
Site Area Code Local
Site Location Star wreck site: Area not specified.
Number of Items 1
Material Patterned Earthenware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2788
ID 8193
Status Commonwealth
The Star with Charles Brennan in command supposedly left Shark Bay on 5 April 1876 for Geraldton, and disappeared. This report must have originated with a short article in The Western Australian Times, 9 May 1876: 3c stating it was 32 days overdue and feared lost.
However, in the WA Times of 12 May 1876: 3a, the owner, Wallace Bickley, hotly disputes this, stating that the Star left...
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